A male given name from Latin. • A surname. • Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), Italian explorer of the Americas. • Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States: • The capital city of Ohio, and the county seat of Franklin County. • A city, the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, with which it is consolidated. • A village in Adams County, Illinois. • A city, the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana. • A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Kansas. • A tiny home rule city in Hickman County, Kentucky. • A small city in Anoka County, Minnesota, previously a township. • A city, the county seat of Lowndes County, Mississippi. • An unincorporated community and inactive township in Johnson County, Missouri. • A town, the county seat of Stillwater County, Montana. • A city, the county seat of Platte County, Nebraska. • An unincorporated community in Burlington County, New Jersey. • A village in Luna County, New Mexico. • A town in Chenango County, New York. • A town, the county seat of Polk County, North Carolina. • A tiny city in Burke County, North Dakota. • A small city, the county seat of Colorado County, Texas. • A small city in Columbia County and Dodge County, Wisconsin. • A town in Columbia County, Wisconsin. • A number of townships, in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan (2), Nebraska and Pennsylvania, listed under Columbus Township.